Yes.... the IPL extravaganza is over.... at least for the season two....
And last year's bottom position holder Deccan Chargers have emerged victorious. One of my friends, Dhaval Sanghavi, has put his Orkut status as : "DC wins IPL-09 n its all bcoz of 1 man......VVS LAXMAN...thnx 4 not playing this season!!!!" I thought why blame a guy who didn't even play.... :)
Well, there has been one particular similarity in both the seasons of the DLF-IPL, which is that in both the seasons, the tournament has been won by teams with Australian Captains and both retired from international cricket (Shane Warne - Rajasthan Royals - Winners 2008 and Adam Gilchrist - Deccan Chargers - Winners 2009). Another similarity being that nobody thought that they'd win. In short, the underdogs won again.
Not only this, last year's bottom two teams finished in top two positions this season. And last year's champions Rajasthan Royals had to be satisfied with a mere 6th position. The tables have turned, haven't they?
The Champions League T20, featuring the top T20 teams from different cricketing nations, is scheduled to begin from Oct 8th, 2009. CLT20 will have top 3 teams from India, namely Deccan Chargers, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Delhi Daredevils. And ya, the ICC T20 World Cup in England is also up on the cards. So, more cricketing extravaganza to watch out for.....
My best wishes to Deccan Charges.Since I am not a dedicated fan of cricket,I only know that India has lost a lot of money,in billions,just by shifting the event to SA.We do pay a price for politics.
ReplyDelete@ Mr B K Chowla -
ReplyDeleteyeah.... if it would've happened here, india would have gained a lot....